Town of Wilmington, Massachusetts - Wilmington Historical Commission

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Wilmington Historical Commission

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Contact:	Curator, Town Museum

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Wilmington Town Museum at the Harnden Tavern

Members

Name	TItle	Term Expiration
Carolyn R. Harris	Chair	2011
Kathleen Black Reynolds	Member	2012
Julie O'Brien Fennell	Member	2011
William Campbell	Member	2012
Bonny Smith	Member	2013
Gerald Duggan	Member	2011
Stephen Lawrenson	Member	2013


	The Wilmington Historical Commission is a branch of town government established by Massachusetts General Law and accepted by the Town of Wilmington at a Special Town Meeting on June 25, 1973. The Commission is made up of one chairperson and six appointed members, all appointed by Town Manager for three year terms. The Commission meets on the second Monday of most months at 7:30 in Room 4 of Town Hall (November – March) and at the Harnden Tavern / Town Museum (April – October). The Commission does not meet in July and August. The Commission is dedicated to the identification and preservation of the historic assets of the Town of Wilmington. Significant accomplishments of the Commission have been the creation of a Town Museum at the Col. Joshua Harnden Tavern, the institution of a voluntary Historic Plaque Program for private historic properies in town and the listing of important properties (Harnden Tavern, West School House, the Richardson Estate) and historic districts (Centre Village, Buck's Corner, Church Street, High Street, Gowing/Sheldon) on the National Register of Historic Places. Also pending at this time is the nomination of the William Butters II Farmhouse to the National Register of Historic Places; this is an important First Period Building of Massachusetts that Wilmington's Historical Commission saved from demolition and which is now being repaired and rehabilitated with assistance from the Massachusetts Historical Commission. The Historical Commission has also preserved and moved the Scaleskeeper's House, a small structure formerly associated with our Town Pound and is now working to rebuild that historic Town Pound.

Town of Wilmington 121 Glen Road, Wilmington, MA 01887-3597
Phone: (978) 658-3311 Fax: (978) 658-3334

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